did it shoots its project tile the way it was supposed to? >> the gun functioned, yes. >> it worked, correct? >> yes. >> it worked the way it was supposed to? >> yes. >> there was no suggestion that the pull distance was malfunctioning in any form? >> no there was any indication that anything on this pistol was malfunctioning. >> you mentioned now talking anything that we haven't talked about with the gun and its safety features? >> no. >> you stated in response to how you can load that is that you have to and i call racket, is that the right term? >> yes, that's the term that's used. >> can we use that so you and the jury knows racking it means pulling the slide back to put a cartridge or bullet in the chairman being ready to fire?

>> sure. >> you stated a person, mr. zimmerman since we know it to be his gun, right? >> yes. >> would have then racked it to make sure it was ready to fire and put another bullet in the magazine and reloaded it, correct? >> yes. >> is that usual in your occurrence dealing with firearms? >> i typically see a wide variety of what i -- >> sorry. you did not consider that to be unusual, did you? >> no. >> matter of fact, the two law enforcement officers here and every other gun you had chance to see that's normal that it's one racked in the chamber and fall magazine, correct? >> yes. >> military do that, correct? >> i'm unsure. >> it's the way you make that

gun as capable as it can be for whatever the need may be, correct? >> to have it fully loaded? >> yes. >> yes. >> then we've talked about the shirts themselves and i'm not going to go into having you look at them just yet. might be able to avoid that, but you said that the two shirts sort of lined up, correct? >> yes. >> by that you mean there was a hole through one and then the other. when you took the shirts and lined them up they matched? >> correct. >> you're not suggesting they're in any particular configuration on the body? >> no. >> they were where they were but the bullet went through both shirts where they were lined up with the bullet hole? >> yes. >> okay. and let's talk about the actual when you say contact. mr. guy suggested pressed into. i think you corrected him to say it was touch, correct? >> yes. >> there was no evidence that

would show up that you would take the gun nuzzle and push it into the shirt where the shirt would fold around it? >> no. it was consistent with the muzzle of the firearm touching. >> it was consistent with this, shirt, firearm. wasn't consistent with pushing or anything? >> no. >> that would have shown up completely different configurati configuration. >> to me contact is when the muzzle is touching the fabric whether it's a light touching or pressed in all the way. the fact that the muzzle was touching the garment it was what i had determined. >> certainly had the gun actually been sort of smothered by the shirt or by a sheet then fired you would have seen a much different patterning on that because the fire would have

wrapped back around it somewhat? >> potentially if it was wrapped around it. >> correct. >> yes. >> as a matter of fact, any configuration that suggest something other than flat would have shown some different burning from the way the flame would have bounced around, correct? >> in terms of farther or way or closer? >> no. if it was in contact pushed in to the extent it folded the fabric around it. that would have shown a different type of burn pattern, correct? >> potentially if the sweatshirt had gone over the top of the ejection port area there would possibly be marks from that but otherwiseliegts lightly touching or pressed it, it would be the same physical effects i've seen.

>> when you say touching is that a term of it was touching or in this case whn yen you say you sa couple of little burn spots of maybe powder that had escaped. is that consistent with being an eight of an inch of away. >> it's consistent with the muzzle touching the garment it. >> you can tell because there was some tearing. that's the way it projectile at that range rips through the fabric? >> yes. >> did you do any examination to identify the distance that the bullet traveled before it hit mr. martin's chest? >> no. i only examined the clothing for distance determination.

>> may i have a moment? >> yes, you may. >> in any criminal trial that involves gunfire you have an expert that talks about the mechanics but this goes further. let's listen. >> do you involve yourself to actually look at the injury or flesh wound occurring by bullet entering it? >> no. i do examination of clothing. >> when ever the bullet before it gets to the body is where you stopped? >> correct. >> thank you. no further questions. >> any redirect? >> just briefly.

you were asked questions about whether or not that firearm could be used for self-defense. would it also be used to commit a murder? >> the firearm can be used for any purposes. >> i'm going to object because that's speculation and would be the ultimate question before the jury. >> sustained. >> you were asked about trigger pull. can you give the members of the jury of the idea whether or not four pounds or a little more than four pounds is light or relatively heavy trigger pull? >> four and a half pounds is within the normal range of trigger pulls that i see in my case work. >> it's not a heavy trigger pull? >> no, it's not. >> you were asked questions about the firearm being fully loaded. can you explain to the members of the jury that if the magazine is full and there's a live round in the chamber on that particular firearm what must a

person do to expel a bullet. >> pull the trigger to fire the gun at that point in time. >> that's it. there's nothing they have to turn off or adjust. you just pull the trigger. >> correct. >> they do make firearms with an external safety, right? >> can you explain how those work and the purpose of those. >> sure. an external safety is a button, a knob, something that you physically have to engage to prevent the firearm from firing. >> where are those located on the firearm? >> more times than not you'll find them right back here on either the left or the right side. those are typically referred to as thumb safeties because all you need is your thumb to disengage it. >> that does not have any type of external safety? >> no. >> with the firearm in the condition that it is right now unloaded. are you able to demonstrate for

the jury how to pull the trigger and to make that sound? >> yes. >> may she do that? may she demonstrate straight pointing it into the wall? >> yes. >> i'll use my left just so you can see. >> that's all someone would need to do to fire a shot if it was fully loaded? >> yes. >> thank you, ma'am. that's all i have. >> any questions. >> this gun the safety mechanism requires that same amount of pull for every time you want to shoot the gun, correct? >> yes. >> you agree there are other semiautomatic weapons, a number of them, while the first shot may be a double action pull. the ones after that are single action, correct.

>> yes there are some firearms designed that way. >> colts are all that way in. >> some of them, yes. >> what that means while you can rack it and shoot with a four and a half, five pound pull our distance, every other one is featherweight, right? >> a single pound trigger pull is going to be lighter than a double action trigger pull. when you have a firearm that's both single action, double action, pulling back on the slide and releasing while you chamber a cartridge will leave the pistol in single action. firing it that way will be the single action trigger pull which will be lighter than a double. a lot of these firearms have what's called a decock safety which is where you depress it and it will allow the hammer to fall without causing the gun to fire. by pulling the trigger at that

stage it's going to be a double action trigger pull while all remaining ones if you do not decock are going to be at the single action trigger pull, which is lighter. >> if i wanted to shoot it one time, four and a half inch pull, correct? >> four and a half, to four and three quarter pull in. >> the second shot again four and three quarter pound pull, correct? >> yes. >> if i had my .9mm with me, first one four and a half pound, correct? >> i'm going to object as to the relevance of a different firearm. >> sustained. >> any other firearm that goes from double to single, i think you probably could -- >> the objection was sustained. >> i'm moving onto the next question. >> we're still talking on firearms other than this one. >> she might has been identified. >> the objection is relevance.

that objection is sustained. >> this firearm's additional safety measures is that each pull has to be the full pull, correct? as opposed to shifting to single action after the first pull? >> that's a design feature of a pistol that's only single action or only double action where it has the same trigger pull for each shot. >> which means even the second, third or fourth shot require a full four and a half to four and three quarter pull in. >> yes. each pull of the trigger requires the same amount of force. >> that's different than if it was a single action, correct? >> yes. >> thank you. nothing further. >> any redirect? >> no. >> thank you. you're excused. put the lock back on the firearm and put it in the box. ladies and gentlemen, we're going to break for lunch.

during lunch you're not to discuss the case amongst yourself or anybody else. you're not to read, listen to any radio, television or reports about the case. you're not to use any type of electronic device to go on the internet to do independent research about the case, people, places, things or terminology and you're not to read or create any e-mail, text messages, twitter, tweets or blogs about case. do i have your assurances you'll abide by these instructions? >> yes. >> there's something different going for lunch today. i'm going to give you some extra time. we'll be back at 1:45. please put your note pads face down on the chairs and enjoy your lunch. >> i have listened to the admonition hundreds and hundreds of times. as we get more in tuned with

social media, it gets longer and longer and more detailed. no twitter and tweet, nothing. reminding this jury don't watch the tv, don't read your tweets. don't do anything other than what you're hearing in this courtroom. what you just heard is basic part of a murder trial involving handgun. that's how does the handgun work and how does it play into this particular crime. what you're also about to see is the defense say isn't this the kind of handgun you would use in self-defense and you heard the prosecution say isn't this also the kind of handgun that you would use in a murder. big objection to that. this has been a fascinating moment. we'll take a quick break. if you see our live bug on the shot of cairo, hundreds and hundreds of people that are gathered there. things are developing at warp neck speed. i'll get you up to speed on that as well. ♪

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we're following the breaking news out of egypt. a confrontation between the egyptian military and the democratically elected president. millions of people have been on the streets protesting morsi's rule over the past year. i van watson is on the scene for us. set the scene. as you know there are reports that we may be in the midst of a military coupe. what's the latest? >> reporter: on the ground are, we're having technical difficults. we'll sh the people gathered here are by the tens and thousands starting spreading hours ago when rumors

started out that the embattled elected president was under some kind of a house arrest. that's what the crowd was saying. his spokesman have denied those reports to cnn in the last hour. they have also started announcing on facebook sites and on twitter that in their words a full military coupe is under way in egypt right now. there's no question that there's immense pressure on morsi. demonstrators can calling for him to step down about a year after he was elected. that's three years short of the completion of his term. the crowd has been firing fireworks in the air. the cheers doubled when a military transport helicopter circled overhead at very low

altitude a half hour ago. you can sense these people feel they are on the verge of a major victory over the president of egypt from the muslim brotherhood. >> it looks clearly like the egyptian military has thrown that ultimatum and now they are implementing the threat within the past four 48 hours and remove the president if he didn't abide by the demands including call for early elections. we want to welcome our viewers not only here in the united states but around the world who are watching us right now on cnn and cnn international. ivan watson is on the ground. do we know where the president morsi in right now and which palace he may be hold up and if he is under house arrest? >> reporter: i do not know at this time where he is.

we have spoken with one of his spokesman who has denied under house arrest but there's also a tweet that says there's a full military coupe in egypti. the people will angrily dispute those claims and that characterization of that. they say this is the will of people and that the army and the military is simply protecting the people. the people here denouncing morsi and the muslim brotherhood. they are calling them terrorists and it's all the more surprising because some of the people i've talked to voted for morsi a year ago. i was at a muslim brotherhood gathering early this morning and there is muslim brotherhood supporters were calling the people we're looking at right

now infidels, followers of the dictator. it gives you a sense that two groups of people barely two miles apart to not like each other right now at least 18 people have been killed here in cairo in clashes overnight. >> stand by for a moment. our chief international correspondent is watching what's going on. who would have thought within the past year it would come down to this. it leeooks like they're doing wt the military has done taking steps to crush the muslim brotherhood in egypt. >> reporter: what we know right now because we've had

communications from main muslim brotherhood spokesman in egypt near the pro-morsi rallies. he's told us he's looking out his windows and military vehicles are moving toward the demonstrations. he's calling it a coupe. he is telling us he's seeing military vehicles move toward those pro-morsi demonstrations where he is in a different neighborhood. cairo. i think we need to be extremely observatint there's two huge competing demonstrations going on. this is by no means a nationwide story. we don't nope where this is going. we don't know where president

morsi is. we're told by various security officials he's still working in the republican guard. we don't know whether he's allowed to leave. we've heard frr the miom the mi. they have been meeting with national youth and other politician, religious groups and they will soon have their statement. their deadline is about 1:23 old. there are military vehicles moving towards one element of cairo right now. >> on the left part of the screen are thousands who are anti-morsi. on the right his supporters largely from the muslim brotherhood. let's not forfeit it was a year or so ago that he was elected democratic elections. his party got 52%. the opposition got 48%.

the country pretty much split since then. from what i understand a lot of those folks who voted for morsi have had second thoughts given the economic ruin the country is going through right now and the severe problems that the egyptians are facing. >> reporter: that's clearly what's happening. this is the third time there's been these huge rallies in egypt. they insist the military rulers move back into their barracks and now what you have is them against morsi. it's morsi who pushed the military rulers back in their barracks. in the year since he was president they believe, at least a good number, maybe half the country which is out on the streets, believes he's squandered that year in power. not only is the economy a mess but so is security but also they believe he's tacked solely to

the islamist base and they feel there's no inclusion. you can hear huge cheers going up. i know there's been military helicopters flying over the square demonstration. as i say morsi's people are saying that a coupe is under way right now. we still do not know. we have not heard publicly from the military yet. they are telling us they will make their statement after their meetings are over but we haven't heard them even though we're told they have taken over at least the operational aspects of the state television there. also we do know that secretary of defense chuck hagel has called his egyptian officer number. we do not know when the conversation took place. we're not being told the substance of that conversation. this is an incredibly tense moment. it's by no means clear that whatever happens will be peaceful and it is by no means

clear what the road map to the future is. >> the egyptian military came and went about three hours or so ago within cairo and egyptian military now taking aks against morsi, the president of egypt. the egyptian military says he must step down. there must be early elections. what do you think of that possibility. >> reporter: to be frank none of that is clear. the military did not call on morsi to step down. military called on morsi and the opposition to come to a solution to meet the demands of the people. it was deemed that had not

happened. the opposition refused point-blank to negotiate with morsi. morsi gave a defiant speech last night. people have said he's squandered that mandate. he posted to his facebook a conciliatory message not saying he would step down but saying he would stay and have a national unity government. he would pull in people from all over the political spectrum and hold and arrange for fresh parliamentary elections within a few months. that's what he said as well as hold meetings and the right talks to amend elements of the constitution. that may be too little too late.

we don't know what the military will going to fully do. it does seem military vehicles are on the street and there may be some clashes in the neighborhood where the military vehicles are. according to what i'm being told now. >> tell our viewers where you are and what you're seeing. >> reporter: the sun is going down in cairo but the volume is turning. for the fourth consecutive day tens of thousands of people coming out here to demonstrate call for morsi's outster. we'll be flooded with rumors and statements that are vague and

unclear. we'll do our best to verify the statements to figure out what they mean. we've seen a will the of mixed messag messages. until an authority figure steps up in a televised address and clearly states what's happening it's not clear what this country is going through. in the meantime the proterss are filling the square right now. if you can take a step back and look at the best two and a half year we could be nearing part two of the egyptian revolution. remember two and a half years ago egypt kicked out, booted out the dictator. in came morsi freely and fairly elected in democratic elections. after a year the opposition factions, the liberals, the moderates accuse the president of imposing an islamist agenda on egypt and pushing aside all

other voices. they are pushing him from power and now much of egypt indicates to see what's ahead. >> we see a huge pro-morsi crowd on the right part of our screen and a huge anti-morsi crowd on the left part of our screen. how close are too two groups? are they close enough there could be direct physical clashes between them? >> reporter: without traffic they are about 20 minutes apart. there are been some clashes between opponents and supporters. they turned deadly at least 23 people killed. overwhelmingly these demonstrations have been

peaceful. they've repeatedly stated their position that this is the president that was democratically elected. maybe he wasn't perfect but nothing justifies forcing him out of power. let him finish out his term. that's the democratic thing to do but that is rejected by the opposition factions behind us who sense that morsi's end is near, wolf. >> all right. standby. ivan watson is there. we'll day care a quick break and resume our special coverage of the latest developments in egypt right after this. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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we're following the breaking news, historic news emerging from egypt right now. i want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. the top advisor to the egyptian president says there is a military coupe now under way to try to remover him from power. ben wedeman is standing by. he's at the pro-morsi rally. tell us what you're hearing. >> reporter: what we're hearing is some angry words from the people. they don't believe what they're hearing in some of the media here in egypt that for instance

president morsi is under house arrest. they believe he's in control of the country. what we're hearing is they plan on staying here in an open-ended protest sit in if that is the case. many of them will tell you they feel president morsi is the object of a conspiracy. a conspiracy by the army, by the remnants of the old regime and by the police who did nothing to protect their headquarters when it was attacked and ransacked on the night of the 30th of june. they're bracing for the possibility if the army sent its tanks into the street they could have problems in this area. to get to this particular demonstration we had to go through three lines of men with shields, helmets and clubs.

they say they are pregnaotectine protesters from the possibility of attacks by the anti-morsi crowd. there's a lot of suspicion, anger and trepidation at what the coming hours will bring. >> this could be a total, total nightmare on the streets of cairo. we'll get back to you. what does it say to you and i'll tell you what it said to me this morning when the major state run newspaper in egypt apparently the egyptian military has now taken control of the paper. what does that say to you? >> reporter: it tells us that the egyptian military has very large equities in this whole thing. this is a country run by the military for seven decades. it has enormous power and

economic privileges. it's trying to make sure among other things but it's trying to make sure it's power and privileges stay in tact. it decided it needed to back the opposition. it's at resignation or removal. it was giving moe ining morsi t. they intend to remove morsi and put in place an interim president. the deadline has passed. thait out liep what had ththey intend to do.

>> it puts the u.s., the obama administration in a bit of an basic ward situation. on the one hand the u.s. wants to support a democratically elected president of egypt. on the other hand the u.s. has not been happy with the policies of this leader of the muslim brotherhood who was democratic elected by a narrow margin, 52% to 48%. what kind of influence does the president of the united states, secretary of defense, secretary of state have on what's happening on the streets of egypt right now? >> reporter: you put it exactly right. very complicated for the obama administration. this is democratic leader who has abused power and produced a street protest. the american ambassador gave an interview in which she said we're against military intervention. we think that would be the wrong

idea. what you're seeing perhaps is a more soft or gentle version of that. they're talking about new elections. they're talking about a civilian head of government. obama tried to present morsi with an option. you see them trying to thread this needle. support the democratic process while recognize there's this huge street opposition. don't forget no matter what they do, they're going to be best off withdrawing. if this happens and if there's some kind of military soft or hard coup, the muslim brotherhood will come out in much greater force. this is the strongest political

movement in egypt. they believe that after 80 years in the wilderness they have been elected. if they were now displaced by a political tear c military coup, they're not going to go home and be quiet. there are limited u.s. options to try to do the right thing. >> reporter: that's hard to know how to talk about right now with the immense out pouring on the streets. obviously the president of the united states has been in touch with president morsi. a leading spokesman for the

muslim brotherhood, we've spoken to him many times before and he's right there. jihad can you hear me? >> i can. >> reporter: can you tell me what you're doing? what the military is doing? will you describe what you're seeing now? >> there's military tanks and armored vehicles from nearby storage facilities coming from the northern entrance and southern entrance. the protesters and demonstrators swept through the front lines and stood in front of the tanks. the military personnel fired a

few warning shots in the air. that had more people step in front one shot a muslim brotherhood member in the leg. he was carried to a hospital. the situati >> reporter: all right. gehad, have the military given any orders or are they there to keep the two sides apart? what are they doing? have they given any orders? >> there's only one side falling for the military coup. the other side already handed the responsibility to the military. there's only one side here. it's either a democratic coup or a military coup. these tanks now approaching.

i don't have destination on it. they are giving orders to disperse to people and the people will not be dispersed. >> reporter: you are muslim brotherhood and the crowd you're with are pro-morsi. can you tell me where is president morsi and what is his fate? where is president morsi? >> let me just correct something. it was a pro-morsi and anti-morsi issue four or five days ago. we have anti-morsi protesters with us. they don't believe military intervention is proper. it's a democracy. you can't go to the negotiation table with guns and ammunition in tanks. this is not how democracy is being pushed into the scene. at the moment we don't know the

whereabouts of the president. i cannot confirm or deany any o the rumors. >> reporter: what do you know about the talks going on today? the military says it's been talking to a group of national political young people, religious people. has it been talking to members of the morsi government and the freedom justice party? >> reporter: they invited members of the party to a meeting the party refused saying the military has no place in politics to do any type of mediation. it's supposed to follow a strict chain of command. more than half the country is willing to stand in front of the military. under no circumstances will we

ever accept a political tear backed coup that installs an ill legitimate leader. he's a respectable man as he is. we will stand in. >> you're describing a situation in which the battle lines are da dawn. thank you for joining me. wolf, one of the newspapers there which is state run newspaper is quoting senior officials saying that president morsi is no longer part of the decision making process. we don't know what that means. it looks like the military may

be ready to speak out on what the immediate future looks like for egypt. >> we're waiting from that statement. clearly a decisive moment. as we've been reporting it looks like the state run newspaper, the major newspaper of egypt had been taken over by the military and for them to be reporting now that morsi no longer has any decision making powers and he's not part of the decision making process quoting a top egyptian, that's very significant because it pits the egyptian military on one side versus this democratic president on the other side. these are critical moments indeed. we're watching both of these demonstrations. much more coverage coming up. i want to go back to ashleigh banfield. this is historic news up

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live back . zimmerman on trial. this day has offered no shortage

of gripping testimony as well. every bit of it critical because the devils in the details and both siedes know it. i want to show you what was paraded around. it was the sweatshirts. the sweatshirts that trayvon martin was wearing the night he was shot through the heart. you can see it clear as day. the bullet hole right in the vicinity of the heart as trayvon martin bled out as he was dying in the complex here in sanford, florida. there's two sweatshirts. the one they are holding and the hoodie he was wearing. both of them specific because the woman in the front of your screen, she's florida department of law expert analyst on handguns and guns in general. she was up on the stand describing the gun that george zimmerman used to inflict that

deadly wound. george howell is with me. i cannot stress enough how difficult that must be, let's not forget there was a 17-year-old boy behind that bullet wound in that sweatshirt and his parents are looking at every part of this. >> when you hear the testimony associated with what we're see. we're talki ining about a gunfi at close range. talking about how she did these distance examinations. the distance between the muzzle and the fabric. she said this was fired at close range, contact. the muzzle right on the fabric. >> think about this for a moment. demonstrate if you're wearing a bulky sweatshirt, if you're leaning forward does your shirt pouch out because i think where the defense wanted to go was did you measure the distance between the muzzle and the skin or the muzzle and the sweatshirt. >> she was clear to state it was between the muzzle and the

fabric. >> and the fabric. which could play well into the defense. this is a prosecution witness. i thought maybe the more intense part of it and i want to play this moment in court for you was when the defense stood up to cross examiner and talk about the kind of weapon that george zimmerman had chosen to carry and here's where he's going. is this the kind of weapon that someone carries because it's good for self-defense. have a listen. >> a firearm used for self-defense has to be ready to use? >> potentially. >> you would not want a firearm that has an external safety on a double action. it has an external safety that would require an additional step to make it ready to fire for self-defense application? >> i can't really say as to whether that would be -- that would be more of a personal r

preference. >> there were many times they had to concede it was a good weapon to carry for self-defense. by the way, prosecutor stood up and said is this a good gun to carry if you're going to murder someone. bam, objection. no surprise there. after the break you'll hear the expert legal analysis whether that's a point scored or loss and what else was staid.

live in sanford, florida. i want to bring in to experts. we've had a half dozen witnesses on the stand this morning. how has it gone? who wins the morning, prosecution or defense? >> that's hard one. i have to say it's very unusual because you had a school professor testifying about what self-defense means and that testimony is very unusual to have somebody saying well he knew george zimmerman knew the

definition of self-defense. we used to think ignorance of the law is no excuse. it's that knowledge of the law can do you in. he knew the law. he crafted his story to make it look like self-defense when it wasn't. i found that to be very unusual. haven't seen that done before. one quick thing on the testimony by the forensic expert about the gun used and the powder burns. the autopsy said the shot was fired from an intermediate range which could be defined as much as 36 inches away. this police officer makes it clear pit was a contact shot. i don't know whether somebody will make out a contradiction between these two reports. there are ways you can show consistency but that's interesting. >> jump in. your thoughts. >> another good day for the

defense. you have the complete irrelevance of the expert. there's no question that george zimmerman fired the shot and he had the gun. it was much ado about nothing and mr. o'mara tried to do that. he also established that mr. zimmerman was responsible. pe used a responsible safe gun. close, of course it was close. trayvon martin was on top of the george zimmerman. no question about that. in fact it refutes any notion that george zimmerman would have concocted this. why would he wait for trayvon martin to be on top of him not knowing what's going to happen next. they know it would have been at a distance. great day for the defense. >> i wish i had more time. i'm flat out of time. we will not miss any testimony. wolf blitzer is on that story.

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